RSP Orientation

The day which I think most sec ones had been anticipating for finally arrived, it was the day when they had an orientation for RSP. Something special about this orientation was that, besides having just tours around the room, telling them facts of SEA (South East Asia), we even planned The Amazing Race "RSP Version" for them to have an even greater understanding about what they are going to learn throughout their USEA syllabus. (Understanding SEA) We had a tedious time planning and preparing for the race, however, with help from classmates such as Dev, Francis and Matthew, we finished it just on time.

Being the pioneer batch, we did not get to enjoy such a fun. Photos and videos showing how fun it is would be shared in the later part of the post.

At the start, Dev briefed the Sec Ones about their groupings and how they were going to move about. I was then at a corner busy snapping the best shots of the juniors. (image below, the photo is taken by me by the way)

When it came to groupings, just like us last year, we preferred choosing our own groups, however, the groupings came out random in the end. The juniors jeered when they were assigned to groups when they did not actually wish to. "That's nothing unusual" I told myself them. The programme started at the RSP room where 3 activities were carried out - Playing of traditional games, tour around the mini garden being looked after by Mr Leo, the so-called "gardener" and also introduction to Indonesian musical instruments.

After which, we then started the race, which lasted for around 45 minutes, (well, it was much faster then what we had intended). Well, I am sure that the sec ones had much fun and had learnt a lot from those activities like knowing different types of musical instruments and plants that can be found in the South East Asia region.

The day ended with a prize giving ceremony whereby Darius's group emerged first for the race, followed by a chain of performances by the senior. One of the performances was by me, singing a small part of "Bengawan Solo" for the juniors. They applauded loudly, as if they did not watch a performance better than mine. Haha! It was the time for the teachers to perform, similarly, they sang the same song. The last programme was debriefing by Mr Leo where he did a brief introduction to the sec ones about the programme. Well, I did achieve an aim by the end of this orientation day which was to get to know the sec ones better. :)